قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٣٣
He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالَHe saidqāla
- لَمۡI am notlam
- أَكُنI am notakun
- لِّأَسۡجُدَ(one) to prostrateli-asjuda
- لِبَشَرٍto a humanlibasharin
- خَلَقۡتَهُۥwhom You createdkhalaqtahu
- مِن(out) ofmin
- صَلۡصَٰلٖclayṣalṣālin
- مِّنۡfrommin
- حَمَإٖblack mudḥama-in
- مَّسۡنُونٖalteredmasnūnin
Tafsir
Iblis arrogantly said: It is not proper for me to prostrate to a being You created out of dried clay that used to be black, malleable clay.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran